A Louisville man who previously admitted to bribing a former public official was sentenced to five years in federal prison Thursday.
Lawrence J. O’Bryan, 57, was sentenced for three counts of bribery concerning a federally funded program. In addition to being sentenced to five years in federal prison, he was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine and $642,201.50 in restitution. He has paid the restitution in full.
He pleaded guilty to those three counts of bribery concerning a federally funded program back in September 2016.
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O’Bryan had admitted to accepting kickbacks on behalf of former Secretary of the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet, Timothy Longmeyer, beginning in 2009.
His plea agreement stated that Longmeyer agreed to use his former position to steer contracts to MC Squared Consulting. In return, the Department of Justice states that the owner of MC Squared agreed to pay O’Bryan approximately half of MC Squared’s proceeds from these contracts. O’Bryan then kicked back a portion of these funds to Longmeyer.
The Department of Justice says that during his involvement in the scheme, O’Bryan accepted $642,201.50 in kickbacks from MC Squared. A significant portion of that was transferred to Longmeyer.
Longmeyer pleaded guilty for his involvement and was sentenced to 70 months in prison in September 2016.
Samuel McIntosh and Myron Harrod, both of MC Squared, pleaded guilty in January 2017 and are currently awaiting sentencing.
